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Cannot Take Ownership of Folder
Hello Experts I've run into an issue where i cannot take ownership of a particular folder. I've followed the direction at the following site
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/access-is-denied-unable-to-display-current-owner/24394120-b9d3-4d06-b84d-3cc5b001c7e1
But it still produced an "Access Denied Error" My end goal to take ownership so i can delete the file.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/access-is-denied-unable-to-display-current-owner/24394120-b9d3-4d06-b84d-3cc5b001c7e1
But it still produced an "Access Denied Error" My end goal to take ownership so i can delete the file.
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Yup this was tried logged in as admin right clicked went to security, Advanced, effective owner tried replacing current with admins still got "access denied"
and the answer to the question "is it a file or folder"? You could also try deleting it after booting from a CD like UBCD4WIN: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ubcd4win.html
Is it malware related? What was the file or folder?
Is it malware related? What was the file or folder?
I posted a similar question and received a good solution. See my original post here.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28945311/How-to-reset-file-and-folder-permissions-to-FULL-Control-quickly.html
The solution was give by Hamza K - There's a program call Take Ownership you can use.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28945311/How-to-reset-file-and-folder-permissions-to-FULL-Control-quickly.html
The solution was give by Hamza K - There's a program call Take Ownership you can use.
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start an elevated cmd prompt (run as administrator
takeown /f x:\path /r /d n
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Thank you all for the comments, this were all good comments. I downloaded "Unlocker" after using it i was able to delete the file needed.
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Thank you for the comments.
Even then before you can delete it. You have to give Administrators full access. Is it a file or a folder?